Hydrodynamic Oscillator

Hydram Research

Hydrodynamic Oscillator

MW scale industrial waste-heat recycler dramatically increasing efficiency of data centers, chemicals and pulp-paper

Reykjavík, Iceland

Iceland

For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models

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Hydram is developing a novel technology that addresses two major challenges in large power-intensive industries: 1. Lost low-grade thermal energy: This is by far the largest inefficiency in most industries such as chemical manufacturing, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, and high power processes such as data centers. Typically, half of the energy required is subsequently vented to the atmosphere or poured down the drain as warm cooling water. 2. High cost of industrial thermal energy (steam generation): Generating the vast amounts of steam required for modern industrial processes is a significant part of operating expenses of these firms due to the costs of gas, coal, and electricity.

To solve these challenges we've essentially developed a new way to boil water (yup!). The solution is a large scale hydrodynamic oscillator that sequentially (i) generates large volumes of low pressure steam (ii) compresses and heats it with the natural returning motion of the liquid piston (iii) ejection in a short burst - repeat. Each oscillation takes roughly three seconds. High impact cleantech-deeptech that replaces hydrocarbons, no refrigerants or rare-earth. From a very high-level perspective, our solution can be likened to an industrial high-temperature heat pump, as it transforms low-grade waste heat into usable steam (but uses a different method)

Our first product serves large industrial users and/or emitters of thermal energy. Currently forming our go-to-market strategy but most likely large chemical companies (plastics, ammonia, methanol etc.) or data centers which are basically just big ovens with 99% of the electricity to the computers being converted to heat. Our solution will soon recycle that thermal energy back to usable energy at previously unheard of efficiency (COP). Later we'll look at other markets such as residential heating, enhanced geothermal etc.